{"product_id":"a-jewish-family-in-germany-today-an-intimate-portrait-9780822334217","title":"A Jewish Family in Germany Today  An Intimate","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShares the life experiences of the children of 4 siblings who out of eight siblings, parents and grandparents, survived the Holocaust.  It explores the ways in which these children from the same socio-cultural background have built diverse lives in German\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The lives of the Kalman family provide the perfect palette from which to understand the conflicts and the compromises and commitments that Jews have had to make to live not only in Germany but in the modern world.”—Sander L. Gilman, author of \u003ci\u003eJewish Frontiers: Essays on Bodies, Histories, and Identities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“These interviews are valuable and frank documents. The experiences of the Kalman family are representative of many Jewish families in the period 1945–2000. Y. Michal Bodemann’s astute questions and obvious intimate acquaintance with the family bring out the problematic aspects of being Jewish in Germany today. He deals not only with questions of anti-Semitism but also with the secularization process of German Jews.”—Jack Zipes, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eUnlikely History: The Changing German–Jewish Symbiosis, 1945–2000\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Why did Jews choose to live in postwar Germany? Most scholars have looked for answers to this question in the official institutional history. Y. Michal Bodemann turns our view to the private sphere and thus reveals for the first time a more intimate and at the same time more complex picture of the German Jewish community as mirrored by one family.”—Michael Brenner, author of \u003ci\u003eAfter the Holocaust: Rebuilding Jewish Lives in Postwar Germany\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Contemporary German Jewish Life through One Family 1\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: Rita Volkov, Great Aunt in Toronto 37\u003cbr\u003e Part 1. Albert's Family \u003cbr\u003e Berthold and His Father 45\u003cbr\u003e Working in the Kalmans' Firm 71\u003cbr\u003e Berthold in His Life 79\u003cbr\u003e Eva, Swiss Mentality, Polish Company 91\u003cbr\u003e Ronnie, in and out of His Father's Shadow 108\u003cbr\u003e Salek, Nordau's Jew 119\u003cbr\u003e Esther, the Zionist Pioneer in Our Family 132\u003cbr\u003e Gabriel, Postmodern Jew 156\u003cbr\u003e Part 2. Ignaz and Dina \u003cbr\u003e Ignaz, Dina's Father 179\u003cbr\u003e Dina, from Germany to Israel and Back 187\u003cbr\u003e Johannes Rautenstrauch, A Goy in the House 218\u003cbr\u003e Part 3. Jerry Guterman \u003cbr\u003e Jerry and the Fossils 233\u003cbr\u003e Part 4. Jurek's Family \u003cbr\u003e Jurek, Benjamin and His Brothers 249\u003cbr\u003e Jonny, a Career in Israel 256\u003cbr\u003e Lilian, Staying at Home 261\u003cbr\u003e Motti, the Sculptor-Rememberer 268\u003cbr\u003e Glossary 279","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406036705623,"sku":"9780822334217","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822334217.jpg?v=1730494325","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-jewish-family-in-germany-today-an-intimate-portrait-9780822334217","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}